Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The quickest way to spring the short-term trap is to set overly ambitious targets — the kind that make the CEO a hero with investors in the short term, but threaten the long-term plan by, for instance, skimping on scheduled maintenance, cutting R&D investment, and shrinking travel and training budgets. Has something changed?’

Metrics 111

Metrics Study Financial Operations 111

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2016

We then interviewed more than a dozen U.S. As the interviews progressed, we developed seven categories that captured similar challenges. They must deliver on tight timelines, quick turnarounds and short project cycles. But what surprised us was that few of them had ever been trained or coached on how to deal with them.

Talent 70

Talent Culture Turnaround Interviews 70

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

I’ve interviewed thousands of candidates for managerial roles and tracked the performance of those I successfully hired. This company, which stretched into all sorts of industries and markets, offering numerous strategic challenges, should have been an ideal training ground for executives.

Turnaround 70

Turnaround Leadership Engineering Case Interview 70

Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Volvo’s turnaround over the last decade offers a great example. “Technically, cars today are very different from ten years ago,” says Sällström, whom we interviewed for our book, Talent Wins. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this.

Talent 71

Talent Engineering Case Interview Turnaround 71

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Since 2009 we have interviewed and surveyed 181 executives who run PE-owned companies, as well as eight to 15 people who work with each of these 181 executives (supervisors, board members, director reports, and others). However, Hayek didn’t push training on them. In fact, management consultancy Bain & Co.

Company 70

Company Engineering Turnaround System 70

Peter Stark

JANUARY 30, 2018

Conduct one-on-one interviews. Use the highlights of the interviews to customize a survey to address specific concerns as well as his strengths to gain quantifiable data on leadership competencies. Assess progress, discuss challenges and provide feedback and training on a consistent basis. Collect follow-up feedback.

Turnaround 34

Turnaround Survey Interviews Leadership 34

Management Consulted

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS & CULTURE. FTI expanded into investigation and research capabilities as well as turnaround, restructuring, bankruptcy and forensic accounting with the moves. Restructuring/Turnaround Services. Honored with Seven M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards. FTI CONSULTING INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Consulting Case Interview 100

Management Consulted

DECEMBER 6, 2015

This Firm Profile started as an email from Sean, asking if we could write on Alvarez & Marsal, “The Turnaround Guys”. The firm’s first turnaround client was the household brand, Timex Corporation. Turnaround and Restructuring. ALVAREZ & MARSAL INTERVIEWS AND RECRUITING. ALVAREZ & MARSAL KEY STATS. Core Values.

Interviews 100

Interviews Culture Turnaround Case Interview 100